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6:34 PM on Saturday, April 4

DJ Thomas scored 20 points off of the bench to help lead the West Virginia Mountaineers past the Creighton Bluejays 87-70 in the semifinals of the College Basketball Crown

4:36 PM on Saturday, April 4

Nick Yorke singled home Bryan Reynolds in the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles

4:33 PM on Saturday, April 4

Former world champion Deontay Wilder has sent Derek Chisora into retirement by edging their chaotic heavyweight fight in London

4:27 PM on Saturday, April 4

Robert MacIntyre leads the Texas Open by two shots after making one birdie in six holes

4:26 PM on Saturday, April 4

Christian Walker homered, doubled and drove in two runs as the Houston Astros routed the Athletics 11-0 on Saturday

4:24 PM on Saturday, April 4

Nikola Jokic had 40 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds, Christian Braun added 21 points and the Denver Nuggets beat San Antonio 136-134 in overtime Saturday to snap the Spurs’ 11-game winning streak

4:23 PM on Saturday, April 4

Mike Battaglia is retiring after setting the morning-line odds for every Kentucky Derby since 1974

4:22 PM on Saturday, April 4

Ramón Laureano had a bloop RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning off closer Aroldis Chapman and the San Diego Padres outlasted the Boston Red Sox 3-2 on Saturday at frigid Fenway Park

4:12 PM on Saturday, April 4

Luca Langoni scored early before notching his league-high fifth assist on defender Mamadou Fofana’s first career goal, and the New England Revolution beat CF Montreal 3-0

4:03 PM on Saturday, April 4

Two-time MVP Stephen Curry is set to return when the Golden State Warriors host Houston on Sunday night after missing 27 consecutive games — it would be his first game since Jan. 30 against Detroit

3:59 PM on Saturday, April 4

Freddie Freeman hit two-run doubles in the first and second innings and Andy Pages added a three-run homer in the fifth to help the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 10-5 rout of the Washington Nationals

3:57 PM on Saturday, April 4

Joel Embiid, who will not play the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night, said Friday night he was angry at Philadelphia 76ers management for not allowing him to play in Washington on Wednesday

3:44 PM on Saturday, April 4

Diego Luna scored his first goal of the season in the fourth minute, 19-year-old Zavier Gozo added a goal and two assists, and Real Salt Lake beat Sporting Kansas City 3-1

3:44 PM on Saturday, April 4

Dawn Staley won a national title nine years ago in her first trip as a coach to the NCAA championship game

3:24 PM on Saturday, April 4

Jaime Jaquez Jr. of the Miami Heat will be in Phoenix to watch his sister Gabriela play for the national title with UCLA

3:06 PM on Saturday, April 4

Lauren Price has won a bloody and bruising fight against unbeaten Stephanie Pineiro to retain her WBC, IBF and WBO welterweight belts in Cardiff

1:44 PM on Saturday, April 4

Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts left their game at Washington after the top of the first inning because of right lower back pain

11:25 AM on Saturday, April 4

UConn coach Geno Auriemma has apologized for his actions during a heated exchange with Dawn Staley at the end of the Huskies’ loss to South Carolina in the women’s Final Four

10:19 AM on Saturday, April 4

Barcelona has come from behind away from home to beat 10-man Atletico Madrid 1-0 in La Liga

6:40 AM on Saturday, April 4

Second-tier Southampton has caused a huge shock by beating Premier League leader Arsenal in the FA Cup quarterfinals